When I was a kid - and I'm guessing probably Grade 2 or 3 - we had a school stall for Father's day.... this may have happened every year, but, unlike my parents who remember all of these things so that they can continually taunt me with them, I don't remember every last detail of every story! :)
But, this particular story has been retold on many many occasions....
We were given money to pick something at the stall - I picked a mug that had jelly beans in it... I handed out the Jelly Beans to my friends and gave Dad the Mug.... I was dobbed in by a family friend (which is kinda funny, cause I believe I gave her some too!!!!), and when questioned about it - I said that I didn't buy the Jelly Beans for Dad - I'd bought him the mug.....
I would have thought that the fact that I'd handed out the jelly beans - rather than just eating them myself would have worked in my favour... apparently not....
(though, when you think about it - there weren't a lot of stories they can tease me about... I must have been an awesome child!)
Anyway, this year - I got the kids to make Dad mugs for Father's Day - and we wrapped them (along with a "Grandfather" mug that Blake bought at their school Father's Day stall) - and put them into a big container with 5kgs of Jelly Beans in it....
Jade's Mug
(Jade required no assistance)
Blake's Mug
(I painted "GRANDPA" on it for Blake - he did the rest)
After they'd finished painting them - we had to put them into the oven to set the paint and finish them off...... then it was time to wrap them....
(I thought the Jelly Bean wrapping paper was a nice touch!)
At the point of taking these photos - there was only 3.5kgs of Jelly beans in the container.. I went back and bought more so that there were jelly beans on top of the presents too....
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